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Sep
30th

Gnome and KDE Wrestle With Menus

Author: LXer Linux News | Files under syndicated

Your Linux computer may have hundreds of applications installed. How can any system menu be organized sanely? How can anyone find anything? Bruce Byfield examines the different approaches taken by the Gnome and KDE teams to deal with this.


Sep
30th

Ubuntu Tips – Boot Faster

Author: LXer Linux News | Files under syndicated

With just a few modifications and some experimentation, your Ubuntu box can realise its untapped potential. We have identified 8 tips to help you achieve this. Most of the tips are really easy to implement, and are perfectly safe.


Sep
30th

Native code with Android

Author: LXer Linux News | Files under syndicated

Hot on the heels of Android 1.6 (code name Donut), the Android development team has now released version 1.6 rel 1 of the Android NDK (Native Development Kit). The NDK is a toolkit comparable with the standard Android Software Development Kit (SDK), which allows Android developers to write parts of their applications in native code languages such as C and C++.


Sep
30th

The next wave of feminism crashes on the FOSS shores

Author: LXer Linux News | Files under syndicated

A new wave of women’s liberation is crashing on an unexpected shore, the world of free and open source developers. The FOSS communities might pride themselves with being the promoters of free, open and transparant. It is a world where a meritocracy rules, where you are judged by your skills and not by who you are of who you know. Right? Wrong!


Sep
30th

Barrelfish: Multikernel Operating System out of Zurich

Author: LXer Linux News | Files under syndicated

A group from the ETH technical institute in Zurich is working together with software giant Microsoft on a new kind of operating system called Barrelfish. The first results are now available under an open source license.


Sep
30th

Is Microsoft the Newest Free Software Advocate?

Author: LXer Linux News | Files under syndicated

What the heck is happening in Redmond? Is Microsoft really giving away antivirus software? Yes, friends, it appears that they are. Come on Microsoft, we really want to hate you. I’ve carried this Microsoft voodoo doll* around with me for years–stabbing it every time I have to pay money for one of your products on a new laptop or desktop computer. I cringe when I see “Vista Ready.” And, I almost hurl penguin when I have to activate my software. So, somebody please pinch me, wake me up, take the needle out of my arm and tell me it’s all been a bad trip.


Sep
30th

End Users Meet Year End

Author: Justin Ryan | Files under syndicated

There are a plethora of opportunities for geeks to meet and greet one another throughout the year: linux.conf.au, Linux Congress, OSCON, Linux Plumber’s Conference, LinuxCon, the list goes on. There is one, however, where the focus is purely on the customer, so-to-speak — the end user. The conference in question, aptly named the End User Summit, is quickly drawing near, and the Linux Foundation is wondering who wants to be there.

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Sep
30th

Who does virtualization better IBM and HP

Author: LXer Linux News | Files under syndicated

Learn about the virtualization capabilities of both HP-UX® and AIX®, the fundamental differences between virtualization products on HP and IBM® and how they integrate with the hardware platforms in which they run. The intent of this article is to educate you and also to help you make informed decisions as to which platform works best for you, from a feature and functionality standpoint and for your long-term strategic goals.


Sep
30th

How to install LAMP in Slackware 13.0

Author: LXer Linux News | Files under syndicated

LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) is an open source Web development platform that uses Linux as operating system, Apache as the Web server, MySQL as the relational database management system and PHP as the object-oriented scripting language. In this Simple tutorial we will explain you how to install LAMP server on your Slackware 13. The installation will be done in 3 steps:


Sep
30th

How to install LAMP in Slackware 13.0

Author: LXer Linux News | Files under syndicated

LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) is an open source Web development platform that uses Linux as operating system, Apache as the Web server, MySQL as the relational database management system and PHP as the object-oriented scripting language. In this Simple tutorial we will explain you how to install LAMP server on your Slackware 13. The installation will be done in 3 steps: